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arrived, they found shell casings spread out on the roadway and a car with blood on it but no victims that is until a few hours later. >>this is contra costa county sheriff spokesperson jimmy lee says the 19 year old female victim has been identified as patricia ochoa from concord. the other victim, an unidentified 26 male is in stable condition. >> reporter:as officials investigate the shooting, they are also looking into whether it is connected to this crime on saturady afternoon, a man crashed into the center divider on highway 4 after being shot. >> reporter:again, sheriff spokesperson jimmy lee >>sot/tc: lee, he crashed into the center divide. procounced dead. we are looking to see if related we believe gang related, and not random. >> reporter:autthorities say they continue to follow leads, but right now, do not have any suspects in the case. te >> catherine: the man who was killed on saturday. >> catherine: was tomas mendez. he worked as a cook at katys kreek restaurant in walnut creek. and katys korner in san ramon.
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>> catherine: his family says mendez might have been heading home from work when he was shot on highway 4. near bailey road. >> catherine: san jose police have released disturbing video showing a robbery earlier >> catherine: this month in a parking garage. >> catherine: it shows two women being surprised by two men.who grabbed their purses and ran. >> catherine: it happened at a garage on south 2nd street. during the struggle - one of the women was knocked down. >> catherine: both suspects are described as hispanic and in their 20's. >> catherine: police hope someone will recognize them - and call with information. >> catherine: silicon valley crime stoppers is offering a cash reward. >> catherine: police are looking for a man they say followed a woman home.smashed her car window.and stole her camera. >> catherine: it happened tuesday afternoon - in the 200 block of crestmoor circle in pacifica. >> catherine: the woman told police the man followed her from san francisco in a black sedan >> catherine: when she parked at her home.he broke the window.and stole the camera. >> catherine: shoplifters are back in union square.
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>> catherine: after ripping off hundreds of thousands of dollars of merchandise last summer and over >> catherine: the holidays --- a group of robbers is back. but police may know who they are. >> catherine: kron 4's dan kerman is live near union square tonight >> reporter: many of us have heard of the rainbow girls accurate they go round with a group and go to a store and distract people and still high in pieces. the police are trying to determine at the rainbow girls are responsible for robbing forever 21 last night. >> reporter: when police car arrived, three teenage african-american girls meeting the description and that is when police say is one became combative. >> 81 officer and the face
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creek--hitting one officer in the face. >> reporter: that young girl was at 80 detention center. >> reporter: second a 16 year old girl was released. and cited creek the 15 year- old girl was not charged. they are trying to see if this is the loosely based rainbow shop lifting ring. >> look for high-priced items. union center shopping community is aware of the rainbow girls print this is several girls grabbing back in leaving the store last summer.
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>> have to be diligent and that is why we are doing down here it is frustrating. >> reporter: union square shop owners are fighting back. >> are starting to use social media to get each other a heads up one day are being case or what have you accurate we are also putting cameras up. >> reporter: when they say cameras their nesting one here or there. they have 50 cameras in union square. there will add 100 more so when there is a robbery. not only will they go to the business but the business improvement district in getting their video as well. dan kerman-kron4 news >> catherine: another chapter has been closed in the boston bombing. >> catherine: today a federal judge formally sentenced johar tsarnaev to death.
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>> catherine: some of the bombing survivors chose to give hearing. >> catherine: describing how that day changed their lives forever. >> catherine: when he was given the opportunity to speak - in a quiet voice tsarnaev invoked allah - saying he was sorry for the lives he'd taken. >>"i have forgiven him, i have come to a place of peace, and i genuinely hope that he does as well and for me to hear him say that he's sorry, that is enough for me and i hope because i still do have faith in humanity including in him, i hope that his words were genuine." >>lynn julian "i regret having ever wanting to hear him speak because what he said showed no remorse, no regret and no empathy for what he's done to our lives." >> catherine:security was heavy around boston's federal courthouse. >> catherine:and even more
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manpower was added after a strange incident. this man was taken into custody - after police say he drove through a barricade and parked >> catherine:in front of the building. officers found a meat cleaver inside his car. . >> catherine:the bombings left three people dead and more than 260 injured - including some from the bay area. >> catherine:tsarnaev is the first person to be handed a death sentence in a federal terrorism case since the 9-11 attacks >> grant:new video tonight.showing a fast moving wildifre in southern california that's threatening homes. >> grant:about 300 people have been forced out of their homes. you see the proximity of the development. >> grant:this is in the santa clarita area.near interstate five. northbound lanes of five were closed for a time. >> grant:it started early this afternoon.and has burned at least 85 acres in
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90 degree temperatures.and gusty winds. >> grant:animals are also threatened. >> grant:this santa clarita fire is occupying resources in southern california. >> grant:meanwhile, the fire south of lake tahoe continues to burn right near the town of markleeville. >> grant: el least 85 a. have burned and santa clarita. it really tough to rein creek and they are having a problem accessing. certain areas. you concede
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that one of which is a mansion. i see the smoke from jars of the property line. we will continue to follow the situation s santa clarita. >> grant:about 30 miles south of the lake. >> grant: just outside of antioch. reported after 4:00. believe some work to put up some of the finer print the to deceive flames still burning. firefighters had trouble accessing this area. working to get to the area. it is a really remote region near antioch. and there that black diamond mines richly reserved. we do understand the structures
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are fragile here. in the meantime we will go with these pictures courtesy of sky 7. near antioch >> grant:that fire has burned more than 16-thousand acres.and is just five percent contined.our own jr stone has been reporting from this fire. >> grant:five homes and 15 historic cabins are threatened.but there are not any mandatory evacuations. >> grant:fire officials are optimistic that markleeville will be spared. >> grant:as you might imagine, fire crews are on high alert across california. >> catherine: with the forecast calling for possible triple-digit heat. >> catherine: this is calfire's emergency command
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center in morgan hill,. >> catherine: it has already sent one strike team to the markleeville fire -- with other resources being called in for back up. >> catherine: at the same time, wild land engines like this one are being fully- staffed and checked out so they're ready to go at a moment's notice. >> catherine: calfire says fire season is here and it's here to stay. >> catherine: calfire says there won't be much humidity inland over the next couple of days. >> we brought our reserve injuns online. we have also extra cheese that will stay on duty. we are getting ready for anything that may happen. --extra chiefs >> catherine: they're also concerned about windy afternoons - especially in
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parts of the east bay hills. >> catherine: that means plenty of potential for grass fires >> catherine: there was another funeral service today for a victim of the berkeley balcony collapse. >> catherine:hundreds of people attended the dublin ireland service for niccolai schuster. >> catherine:many of his friends wore soccer jerseys of his favorite team. with his name on the back. >> catherine:someone also put a globe on the altar - indicating his love of travel. >> catherine:his father spoke at the ceremony. saying niccolai loved life and adventure. >> catherine:he also addressed the investigators of the collapse. >> are devastated. --we are devastated this can not happen again.
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>> catherine: his mother said her son had brought the family only joy.and he's forever in their hearts. >> catherine: this was the fifth funeral for the victims. >> catherine: there's no word yet on when lorcan miller's service will be held. >> catherine: erin brockovich is pledging to help the families of the balcony collapse victims. >> catherine: she's known for building a successful case against p-g-and-e in the 19-90's for water poisoning in texas. >> catherine: in a facebook post - she said that the survivors should not be left >> catherine: with enormous medical bills -- and the truth about what went wrong should be uncovered. >> catherine: details came out last week that seg-way construction - complex - >> catherine: settled a case for faulty construction at another location - last year. >> catherine: benicia police are still looking for the driver of a hit and run that left a man on life support. >> catherine: louis torres was was hit in the crosswalk at the corner of military and fifth street early sunday morning. >> jacqueline: a beautiful day with lots of sunshine we are keeping things in the
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>> catherine: >> reporter: the obama legislation/money to increase streamflows. and advancing the overall health. the money will go towards bumping up stream flows, rejuvenating metal so the more useful way and expanding the overall health of the stake wild land. if the joint investment from the department of agriculture you as for service conservation service will be made over two years. the effort is part of president obama is a resilience land and water and initiative. catherine? >> catherine: and eight
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month old baby in san francisco is recovering tonight after being bitten by his family's dog. police say the bulk did the boy in the head. his family lives in the city's north of panhandle neighborhood on masonic ave. the baby was taken to hospital this morning with injuries which are not considered threatening san francisco police say they are glad the child is ok. >> catherine: the richmond police dog was attacked an officer yester day is going to be retired. the officer shot the dog after its seemly attack tam random. the injured officer had to undergo surgery and was released from the hospital. the dog was treated for the gunshot wound. richmond police say it is still not clear how the dog got out of
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the police cruiser. they say the officer shot the dog in self-defense. >> catherine: welt life officials are trying to track down a beer that attacked a woman and her dog. it happened just outside chico. the woman said she saw her golden retriever fighting a wild animal last night realizing it was a bear. it happened in front of her garage. the barrett got away and the woman was taken to the hospital for scripps bites and bruises. her dog was more seriously injured and might not make it. wildlife workers have set up a trap in her yard. >> grant: but as of a cat standing up to a mountain lion that has been captured
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>> diane: 74 the east bay shoreline print 15 mi. per hour wind. we will heat things up pretty quickly to my broker it by noon time, concord, san jose and livermore all in the '90s by lunch time. everywhere else will be in the '80s. but the coast line 70's. >> diane: it will become harder by one hot day in place for tomorrow port we will talk more about the 7 day forecast coming up. >> catherine: caltran has revealed there are more are more cracks in the seismic anchor rods used in the new eastern span of the bay bridge.
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>> catherine: this video of the bridge is from our helicopter partnership with abc7. >> catherine: kron4's maureen kelly talked to engineers about what this means for bridge safety. g >> reporter:the chief engineer for the bay bridge project says micro cracks were found in been taken out of the bridge for testing.he calls the tiny cracks want at the one in this video.they can't be seen with the naked eye. >> reporter:the size a fraction of the diameter of a strand of hair. but because they were found in two rods.the chief engineer says conducting further testing on the assumption the flaws exist in all of the rods.there are more than 400 in all. >> they were only observable. >> reporter:some of the rods that were removed failed stress tests.some having stripped threads. >> reporter:.tests are still being done to determine if these microscopic cracks are related to corrosive salt water getting inside where rods are. >> reporter:there are more than 400 of the seismic safety rods.caltrans says there are there connecting the self anchored suspension span's 525 foot tower to the pile cap.and are meant to help carry some of the load during a major earthquake. >>it's very concerning
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>> reporter:lisa fulton is an engineer who specializes in metalurgy. she says the presence of this micro cracks could mean it won't take the force of an earthquake to break them. >> they could feel at any time due to traffic, wind or so forth. >> reporter:caltrans insists the bridge is safe for drivers. their engineers conducted a seismic proof test on nearly all the remaining rods last month.performed as they should have. >> i am confident that the bridge it is safe. we just did a test however my job is not as simple as to that i need to think about the future. >> reporter:caltrans says they have more tests to conduct. >> reporter:in order to make sure the bridge continue to perform as expected for the next 150 years.maureen kelly kron4 news >> catherine: we will be back!
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>> grant: he stole cars nearly two years ago-- hearts... bat kid@! uc miles right there holding his right hand up. this is a live picture from san francisco movie theater with a special feeling tonight was the documentary of a leukemia patient. he is still beating cancer called bat kid begins. in 2013 people will remember san francisco along with the make a wish foundation transformed san francisco and to stop the city. it ended at city hall and the mayor was there. back in
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november 2013 creek miles off embraced the heck out of that role. and now he is dark and a documentary of this special day. catherine? >> catherine: news tonight that the football coaching staff at u-c-l-a reportedly wants the case 'dropped' against diddy. >> catherine: the insider's louie aguirre is in los angeles with more on the new developments. >> reporter:catherine.after being arrested for assaulting his son's coach with a deadly weapon, the spotlight has turned on the man who reportedly found himself on the other end of diddy's kettlebell! >>now everybody wanting to see this video >> reporter:new reports a surveillance video, in police custody could either justify diddy's claim of using the infamous kettlebell in self defense or provide evidence that he attacked stregth and conditioning coach sal alosi first.
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>>were they inside alosi's office, where they in teh gym >> reporter:the altercation a result of aliso alledgedly bullying justin. a junior defensive back on the ucla football team sources say the altercation a result of aliso reportedly bullying justin aliso not commenting on the allegations 4:36:00 sal alosi was berating him for being lazy and not hustling and then said to him dont come back till end of summer >> reporter:but this isnt the first time the imposing alosi and his drill seargent persona have been the center of controversy. >>00:027 he is on the jet silent boy it looks like he got trippe dby one of the members on the jet staff >> reporter:while working for the ny jets, aliso was suspended after tripping miami dophins cornerback nolan carroll >>00:00:37 well this is just uncalled for in teh nfl wathc the knee here being stuclk out on purpose to trip up nc not sure who that person is but they should be ashamed of themselves >> reporter:when it was learned that he also made inactive players create a
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> catherine: what can you tell us about the status of the grass fire? >> is drastically spreading at for anny structures. i can tell you is started out 4:00 today. and black diamond mind regional preserve and quickly spread >> catherine: mentioned holmes been threatened? where are the people or the on standby? >> antioch is handling that. there were a lot of people in petaluma because of it
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being a warm day and a lot of children more housewarming pyrrhic antioch, baby handling the residential neighborhoods adjacent to the park. >> catherine: are looking at the video here. heavy smoke and flames it is still spreading and it seems to be spreading quickly. >> perfect fire day because things can get gusty. firefighters are out there battling try to help with evacuations as well. >> catherine: you are right creek it was a nice day and a lot of children and parents are out there. how you get the word out so quickly?
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>> we had our fire department, and rangers and staff going up and down the trails looking for people. just a full force that we are throwing everything at it to make sure people are safe in properties are safe. >> catherine: ok, that is good trick no injuries to report the fire is still spreading print thing to carolyn. --thank you carolyn >> diane: sure it is going to be hot tomorrow. 1064 brentwood and 1 04 for danville the, 94 union city and fremont. 90s for the south bay as well. in san jose. 89 more danville.
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move over north bay will be 92% in sonoma and napa 984 santa rosa and clover dell. if they do not like the heat moved up to the coast because it will be 7 degrees out there. more coming up in a few minutes! >> catherine: it was a somber day in charleston south carolina. as the community mourned the death of reverend clementa pinckney. >> catherine: the pastor was one of the 9 people killed in last week's shooting. >> catherine: grant lodes is here with more. grant? >> grant:today, the public paid their respects during a public viewing for pinckney. >> grant:there was a processional for the reverend, as his body was drawn by horses to the south carolina state capitol. >> grant:state troopers
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carried his casket inside the building where he was placed in the >> grant:visitors honored the slain pastor. who's funeral is tomorrow at college of charleston's t-d arena. >> grant:president obama will attend the funeral and honor pinckney in a eulogy. returnalabama's governor has ordered the removal of confederate flags at the state capitol. >> reporter:it's the latest move to banish the controversial flag from state capitals, store shelves, and monuments. >> catherine: alecia reid is here with details on the governor's decision. alecia? return to >> reporter:governor robert bentley says he doesn't want the flag to become a distraction from alabama's legislative >> reporter:it's been a week since dylan roof killed nine black church members in charleston south carolina, in a racially motivated attack. >> reporter:since the mass
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shooting, there has been a myriad of calls to remove the flag. for the past two decades alabama has displayed four confederate flags around a large monument to confederate soldiers, outside the alabama capitol. >> reporter:today, they had all came down. >> reporter:in nevada, senator harry reid is calling on the university of nevada las vegas, to consider ditching its sports name, the rebels.the rebel's confederate tie use to be even stronger >> reporter:today it's 'hey reb' with his big white mustache. >> reporter:but the first official rebel cartoon wolf wearing a confederate uniform and cap. students voted to banish bo- regard in the 70's, but they kept the rebels name. >> reporter:although some agree it's plenty others want him to stay. >> reporter:they feel the confederate link was severed back in the 70's when beauregard was given the boot. return to >> reporter:the debate over the confederate flag is mounting around the country.
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>> reporter:several of the country's top retailers -- from walmart to e-bay and amazon -- have stop selling confederate >> reporter:valley forge flag-- a since 18-82-- will stop making confederate flags.saying to some people, it stands for slavery. sot - it stands for slavery to a lot of people, to a lot of other people it's civic pride. but the fact is the two are very difficult to separate we're with them. we agree that what happened is never happen again. and we want to tell you your feelings matter. >> reporter:yesterday, the state's house of representatives passed an amendment to allow debate on whether to remove the flag >> reporter:the issue now goes to the senate. >> catherine: authorities are sharing new information on how two convicted killers may have been able to execute this month's historic prison break. >> catherine: 22-hundred leads later, there's still no sign of the men in upstate new york. cnn's polo sandoval has more.
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>> reporter:the primary search area is approximately 75-square miles within franklin county, new york. it pish >> reporter:state forest rangers describe the terrain as treacherous, not just for escapees richard matt and david sweat, but for police and other searchers as well. >>"the area is heavily forested. much of the land is timberlands. the undergrowth on these lands is thick. >> reporter:the search net narrows as new details on the brazen escape are confirmed by prosecutors. clinton county district attorney andrew wylie says tools needed for the escape right through the prison's main gate. >> reporter:they were embedded in a hunk in a freezer at the facility's tailor shop. >> reporter: then asked a prison guard to take the meat to the inmates cell area. >> reporter:the details stunning to one former inmate at the prison. >>"it' amazing how they got it from the tailor shop back to their cell block." >> reporter:erik jensen served nine months alongside matt and sweat. >> reporter:he tells cnn
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many inmates behind these walls knew about a possible relationship between mitchell and the two inmates >>question:"did you ever think about talking to a guard about it? >>"no. you don't think about that because in clinton it's everyday something goes on in that yard. somebody is getting stabbed, somebody's getting cut, somebody's getting into a fight. and if you're a snitch in there that's the worst thing." >>question "you were scared?" "yeah." >> reporter: 19, with authorities promising to keep up their im polo sandoval
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>> catherine: this is an antioch express fired that continues to spread risk their our evaluations in the area. and petaluma part creek scott rates is headed to the scene and will have a live report as six. it will continue to spread bread there are some homes that are threatened. >> catherine: in the santa clarita area there is also a problem creek about 300 people that were forced from their homes bridge the there were flames near this housing development project to a number of homes here are threatened and their 55. some mines were closed for a
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while. burned at least 85 a. and it is very hot and windy. so this is a big concern for firefighters. gabe slate tech report >> reporter:world's first in theater gaming league brings video game competition to bay area movie theaters >> reporter:super league gaming was looking to turn video games into a social and interactive experience for their kids. >> reporter:super league gaming is the world's first intheater interactive video game league that brings gamers together to play sidebyside on the big movie screen. >> reporter:super league gaming's proprietary technology uses minecraft's open source api to merge all players >> reporter: creating a wholly new experience for groupfirstperson view on
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their aerial view of the customized minecraft world will be projected on the theater screen, with views of all the players in action. >> we allow them to come into the theater and sit among like-minded gamers. it presents a great environment for them to have this communal aspect of gaming. >> reporter:during the 100 minute sessions, gamers will build with their teams compete in battles and enjoy free time >> reporter:to move within the theater to socialize and strategize with other gamers as theyinternational leaderboard. >> diane: timber trees right now still in the '90s for antioch, concord and livermore. the east bay shoreline is much cooler in the upper 60s. what to expect tonight? mostly clear tonight, breezy about 50 mi. per hour on average. the
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week ahead high cloud by friday and cooler temperatures comes with a weekend. no rain is in the forecast this week or next week really. >> diane: are heating up giving it plenty of sunshine. so here are your meant speak right now. 18 and fairfield, 13 for concord, half moon bay at 12. so cloud coverage is really not a factor tomorrow as you can see. >> diane: patchy f o g clears out by mid morning. for the most part, widespread sunshine. we will have sunshine and the south bay and then the clouds come that enter it clean things down for the weekend. >> diane: the new highs 104
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for livermore 1054 brett wood 94 santa rosa. upper 80s for the east bay shoreline and cooler in the 70 degree temperatures at the coast corporate sunday forecast 103 tomorrow creek cooling things down in time for saturday and in the '90s, background. >> reporter: talking that flicks with a seven to one split. stocks >> is rocking. i am not a bit stock split. when the company is worth saying that it creek you are by high or a little bit now and a little bit next year to average man.
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>> apple did this and it did not work well for them. it can make it look more appealing for retail investors. and of lawyers who are purchasing stock in their paycheck. >> apple is the net flecks of would rather say purchased apple print >> reporter: we are talking about minimum-wage. in the economic recovery and lack of wage growth. we are starting to see retailers starting to wage or raise the wages. >> happens at ikea accurate that are going to increase. and they need to keep employees. anytime you lose invoice you have to search and then you have to hire in the process which is costing
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money as well. with training creek >> away is falling into place for people. one day will come to $20 based on inflation. other things that are hitting retailers. (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> stanley: coming up! >> stanley: people behaving badly next!
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is jurors are about to leave print they are trying to hit one more stop before they get on the road and they leave their car with all of their blocking separate this person is from iowa and he has no idea that he is being watched. the bad guys may be watching to. as he did all of his body was in the vehicle creek. >> i have never thought about it. >> stanley: you can look at the size the assist please take your valuables away from the card day and night. >> stanley: san francisco police as all of the tourist spot are being targeted by thieves. and they threw away from common misconceptions which believe
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drug addicts are the ones that are still in the valuables. >> stanley: i usually say hide your stuff but now i am going to say leave it at the hotel until you are actually lose leaving town for it because sometimes crooks will break into a rental or any car for that matter, just to see what is inside. >> catherine: there are evacuations in we have more updates from their raging wild fire. >> catherine: the story about survival is still ahead next on kron 4 news as six.
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. >> catherine: good evening everyone i am catherine heenan. more than 100 a. have burned and the fire is spreading fast. fire crews from another of agencies are converging to help battle of this fire. it is moving quickly creek grant lotus is here and he does have an update. >> grant: they had to evacuate a lot of people from these parts. as you can see we will take live
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pictures courtesy of our partnership with abc seven disparate above antioch south of highway 4 near a couple of parks. and black diamond mine. regional preserve in the southern portion of antioch. you can see all of that black smoke right there creek uc the proximity right there to some homes with a big development right there. we do know that some people have been told to leave their home on frederick's the lane. >> grant: uc flames right there, it is very hard to access which is but one of the issues to firefighters with the tough to land that took a long time to get their plan catch up which is
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going on right now. there is a swimming area. they had to get people off of there as well. all people have been told to leave and have done so. so no injuries. and these high temperatures, it is only going to get hotter tomorrow. it is a tough deal. >> grant: you can see with the wind blowing deck is an issue as well. you can see still a long way to go to get this thing under control with claims being widespread and the crews are battling district with multiple jurisdictions that have responded we will show you a map where you could see exactly in what location this is burning brick-- burning.
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>> grant: the flame on the scene is nonspecific or exact creek but that is the general area of where the fire is burning right now and will continue to monitor the situation in antioch no entries, that is the good news and certainly something that the crows are battling here. >> catherine: a wildfire erupted today in southern california and is threatening homes and began around 1 this afternoon as santa clarita and there i find people living close have the evacuate. wan's aren't helping at the fire has grown to roughly 100 a. and counting more than 200 county firefighters are on
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the scene and using helicopters. >> grant: mean time it was a fire ignited by lightning friday south of lake tahoe. where moss and mountainous terrain and is moving closer people and the mountain town of marco deal are on standby for possible evacuation and will continue to monitor the situation there. it is the trucks and crews working to try to get this under control. if we go to that salt lake tahoe area thirty mouse cells of the lake and closer to mark lee built about 5 mi. per this thing is about 5 percent contained. j.r. stone was there a couple of days. 26 square miles of this is huge. people are on standby for possible evacuation creek the fighter is heading toward the nevada state line as a heads a way
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it is actually good newsprint would continue to monitor this one as well. >> catherine: these tender dry conditions have firefighters across the bay area on high alert. and the temperatures are expected to reach triple digits tomorrow. kron4 rob fladeboe has a look at how crews are preparing >> reporter: triple digit heat gusty wind and dirty or dry grass it adds up to fire weather. >> reporter: fire weather means the action here inside hellfires a much as the command center begins to heat up. >> reporter: tell fire resources are on the molds. that means reserves are
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being called then. to make sure that everything on this wild land and is ready to go. >> every morning we have to make sure the pompous running and we had pressure correct that all of the hose lines are in print >> have a daily check off list that goes through everything. it goes through the everything that we have that we need to check off in the morning. >>sirens >> reporter: little or no humanity means the dried out and look grass crop is especially flammable right now, which is why this week chopping road crew has a water tanker standing by just in case. >> reporter: so the hat when the weather has caltran on or cal fire on high alert.
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rob fladeboe, kron 4 news more in yield >> diane: 94 for antioch and fairfield, and the upper to mid-60s in the east bay shoreline. noontime take a look at this with 90 degree temperatures for maturity. san jose, at napa, santa rosa and morgan hill. >> diane: and the 100 mark for those certain locations at the east bay shoreline upper 80s print the peninsula into the '70s to rid it will be and how long for tomorrow. we will talk more about the forecast and what to take with you for the heat as well. we will have more coming up in just a few minutes!
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>> reporter: and imagine drinking treated sewage water creek water that goes from your toilet to your tap. of course there would be a tricky process in between. while some bay area residents consider california historic drop so dire that a majority say they be willing to drink water. recycled water has been used in san jose and other cities in the bay area for more than a decade, only for irrigating golf courses, landscaped and industrial uses but not for drinking san jose merritt samp the cargo at other local leaders to strike treated waste water in april while calling for expanding the use of recycled water and mixing it with existing ground water to serve back to the public to drink. the
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proposal could get a boost from legislation in sacramento to speak up environmental approvals on toilet to tap projects. >> reporter: our drought coverage continues on line creek at kron4 that come some tips on how to conserve and water at home also how to calculate your water usage and which bay area cities are best equipped to handle the drop. >> grant: 2 daily shootings on highway 4 and now police believe the shootings are connected and gang-related. the most recent shooting was late last night on the will pass on grant to highway 4 and they point on saturday. another drive-by shooting on highway 4 near bailey wrote. >> grant: that are looking
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in to see if this is the same schuster to see if this is how they exactly can be connected. >> catherine: san francisco coming up police tried to track down a group of the males behind a series of shoplifting spree at union square. plus, new cracks discovered in more wrought on the bay bridge the first incredible video of a motorcyclist crashing head on with a fire truck and he survives.
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rector's print is severely broken arm and taken to a trauma city trauma center. the shares would get to watch this happen. first responders are there attending to him for it for chilly, but a decent ending and the guy did not die creek man that was scary. catherine? >> catherine: so far everyone is ok but again this is getting very close to some homes and stay with us and we will have the latest
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blended with cameras atop private buildings is business owners way of combating an ever increasing shoplifting probe problem the most recent event occurring last night. kron4 dan kerman is alive and unions or with more accurate >> reporter: since last summer shop lifters have stolen thousands of dollars hundreds of thousands of dollars of merchandise creek most are not count, and those that are just too little time behind bars. please >> reporter: say that the most recent incident was tuesday night with three african-american teenage girls and trick for ever 21 retells corporate officers stopped the growth on their way out and they had to use pepper spray once the
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graustark become combative. that 16 year old girl was found with 80 pieces of clothing and jewelry and was booked at the detention center. with assault on police and robbery. police are trying to determine if the girls involved in this incident were a part of the loosely based label gross shoplifting rink. shh--rainbow girls >> try to distract with the cooling in at groups at a time when stilling. >> are trying to put up more cameras creek has extended and we will lead to catch more of these criminals. there are >> reporter: ready more than 50 cameras up and they will like to add an
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additional 100 to the ones that are ready up. they call the business improvement district and they can return or turn over a video to help with the shoplifting. she >> diane: mostly clear skies. '60s for the bay's 64 are from the bay with a few clouds early in the morning to rid showing nothing but high pressure system in place. as we keep things open to the 100. high as to what he's the bay. 95 for antioch 106 for brett wood and 1044 livermore 100 for plaza tent and 98 for walnut creek and 95 for concord. she >> diane: south bay tamara a
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lot of sunshine brett 92 campbell 93 milpitas and 89 in mountain view. it will be hot and inland cities it east bay shore patrick north bay regions and 90 degree temperatures for santa rosa, sonoma and 102 in a bottle. if you do not let the heat rose up to the coastline because it will be in the 17th overall, 07 disparate drink plenty of water and wear sunscreen to deal with the heat for it state in a shaded area if you have to be outdoors creek and check on your elderly relatives of interested cool and the heat. >> diane: please do not leave children or your pet in the car. it can overheat. shaw >> diane: plenty of sunshine
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to last throughout the week. >> catherine: happening right now! bat kid! the documentary, bat kid begins for the red carpet premier. this is the big san francisco debut. daniel? how does it look? >> morning all sort of people who had a help with the family. shot and never seen so many fancy cars, by creek there are a lot to tell his that are very excited creek and a very long line to get into it
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they are is just about to begin. people are very happy serious--very happy. costs >> catherine: miles, are the family expected at this particular interest? >> reporter: miles is not expected to be here tonight there are family obligations that he needs to attend to correct but the filmmakers are here in so many more. >> reporter: this secret that is where the red carpet people are to starting to come through it is this now about to begin their--begin.
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>> reporter: $640 worth of food is trashed by the average american every year. that is according to the new study by the american chemistry council. researchers say that just 15 percent of those surveyed were concerned about the environmental impact of the runway so much food. food waste is the single biggest item in you as landfill where it rot and release methane and powerful greenhouse gas grid most
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people 79 percent were more concerned about the loss of money from tossing food and about half of the one about the survey say they felt that in light of the world hunter creek the results were self reported in actual food waste may be even higher. the chemistry council, noted that the u.s. government put the waste at over $900 a year per household. >> catherine: stay with us and will be right back.
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to lamar park area. >> catherine: do know a lot people unclean children were out today. they had to be removed and other residents can get you with it. we do now that people were told to get out of their homes and this continues to be a tense situation as you see the flames looking live here. with our partnership abc seven. >> catherine: grant lotus is here and he has the latest details. grant? >> grant: starting in the black diamond preserve area which is right next to each other in the southern part of antioch. you can see all of that chart black land right there. with a dry brown grass just going so quickly what still a lot of
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flames. as we pan out here you can see the housing development on the upper portion of the screen. there are multiple residential area surrounding these parts. that is not the only area and the upper left creek that is being threatened for it mandatory evacuations for residents. we do have a map. >> grant: really quickly. and the northwestern portion of the fire area. those are mandatory and people live on frederick's said elaine and the bottom right those, are not mandatory but protected to protect the homes prick should there is a mandatory evection evacuations there. there is long tree golf course and fredericks said lang. pretty prominent areas that people are familiar
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with. but those are with a mandatory evacuations are located the wreck we are here with live images with the plan is continuing to advance. starting just after 4:00 this afternoon with high temperatures. not really cup not really, strong wind but it does handicapped the situation and make it difficult and high terrain. >> grant: it is not much eyeballing all the c 30 which is way too close for comfort in regards to the fire and the homes location. it is a good thing that we are and fire season the
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conditions are ripe for flames to advanced port about 100 a., smart money would tell you that it is going to be more than that the next time we get in acreage estimation from cruise. contra costa county are getting help current they have ordered people ought of their homes. those folks will get assistance from the red cross if they want it. that is an option available to people anytime you make them leave their homes patrick--homes. >> grant: uc firefighters walking. and to see how close the homes are. >> catherine: yes, really
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close. our scott rates have arrived in that area just moments ago. scott? what did you tell >> reporter: let me step out of the way. i am right here at but he'll drive. you can see the flames bursting in the error print off the hillside. there are several neighbors to have been a that led from their homes and keeping a very close eye. nicosia the plains of running extremely close to the homes brett it looks like the wind is blowing away from home. let me take the camera of the tripod and walk across the street to give you a good idea of just how dangerously close these planes are to the homes. >> reporter: right here, and
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that is a house patrick deck is a house just within yards of these homes. very dangerous situation. with those plans and fire retardant. setting that barn spirit a lot going on in the sea all the neighbors all appear keeping a close eye on the list fire as well. --on this fire >> reporter: scott rates kron 4 news. >> diane: when you add the heat and the dryness that is a factor patrick quickly heating things up by lunchtime with 90 degrees at
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fairfield, san jose, livermore and up and the north bay easily in the '90s. by 3:00 p.m., will reach our daytime high and by 4:00 creek uc that color there that is a 100 degree mark closer to the inland location appeared again stay hydrated tomorrow creek drink plenty of water and wear sunscreen for it if you have to be outside, state and shaded areas 3103 tomorrow. . >> diane: 70's for the east bay and '60s for the culprit we will talk more about the 7 day forecast coming up.
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january occurred gorton has stolen more than $11,000. from her account gordon did post a message in his twitter account creek and full power of entertainment news is less than 20 minutes away. at 7:00 the is better prepared than we are back with kron 4 news at 83 >> catherine: more bad news on the injury front for the giants. gary has that story in the rest of the sports coming up
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>> gary: the warriors of looking to move up in the 15th and 16th in the nba draft that goes off tomorrow. once again, when you are the champs imago different ways. staff curry patrick any time he does something better believe here is the latest, to hk games to deal is filming his video game with curry whole bit. showing off his signature deal. it will be featured on the 2 k 16 release september 29th after it saw the sky is the limit
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more in be a top. --more national basketball association talk. >> gary: opting it out of the final year of the contract. to return to free agency will make 16 and the million 16 having dollars he was injured and the proceeds and print a lot of these guys creek the bride is such a eighth force he's used to being a bit shocked to when you play for lebraun if you are going yes mr. and james alloting ninth one to go elsewhere people are turning down their contract people say how can you turn down 16 million? by the end of next year curry will negotiate
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at $30 million. for the best players. lebraun can make 40 to 50 million it will all change. >> gary: n.y., the duke coach has revealed a secret for college coaching method. he's monitoring his players on the social media said he does not want a verified twitter because he does not care about the flares' opinions some followers prefer he just wants to make sure that they are not doing anything crazy if so he uses his alias to keep tabs on his players. he does like seeing the cool things that they tweet about but he does not want them to get to crazy on there. >> gary: have you seen the show with deion sanders he put the toll on everyone to
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>> diane: >> catherine: homes are threatened and there have been evacuations separate details online atkron4.com and a full report is coming up. >> diane: the dry weather is now helping with this with the drug vegetation and went through the next few days, really one day in the 100 separate and then it will cool down and we get rid
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